Since alternative crypto assets began to garner traction in recent years, some of the Bitcoin (BTC) community’s most fervent leaders have come out to denounce “altcoins,” as they’re adamant that BTC is the crème de la crème. In fact, some so-called “maximalists” have taken their raison d’etre to extremes, claiming that any blockchain project accompanied by a token is an outright scam, joke, knockoff, or mischievous cash grab. As such, this subset of industry participants has claimed that crypto assets en-masse, save for BTC, will crumble to zilch over time. Yet, a blockchain developer of four years, who claims he’s the “only…

A virus targeting bitcoin miners is apparently spreading in China with tens of thousands of dollars lost according to local media. The virus appears to be targeting Bitmain’s antminers specifically with the hacker demanding 10 btc or the mining gear would be overheated. The virus, however, can be eliminated by formatting the SD card of the infected miners which is somewhat similar to re-installing an operating system. Yet that process can take four days during which an entire farm might be down as once a miner is affected, then it quickly spreads to all other miners. The virus appears to come…